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CAPE Literatures in English

A route through CAPE Literatures in English Units 1 and 2: set texts by genre, unseen extracts, timed essays, the internal assessment, mocks and exam day, for students, parents and teachers.

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Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for CAPE Literatures in English, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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📝 Caribbean School Exams

CAPE Literatures in English

Studying CAPE Literatures in English Units 1 and 2: drama, poetry and prose set texts, critical approaches, timed essays and the internal assessment.

  1. Syllabus, set texts and paper format check
  2. Annotated personal copies of every set text
  3. Two-year reading plan for Units 1 and 2
  4. Literature notebook and quotation bank set-up
  5. Literary terms glossary for drama, poetry and prose
  6. Diagnostic timed essay and marked baseline
  7. Mark schemes and examiner reports for Literatures
  8. First complete read of the Unit 1 set texts
  9. Reading circle with two or three classmates
  10. Weekly set-text rereading hour
  11. Spaced quotation learning routine
  12. Two timed essays a month under exam conditions
  13. Monthly unseen extract drill
  14. Essay feedback log and target list
  15. Criticism and context reading log
  16. Termly progress conference with your literature teacher
  17. Phrase bank for analytical literature writing
  18. Unit 1 drama, first set play scene by scene
  19. Unit 1 drama, second set play and staging choices
  20. Unit 1 poetry, close reading the set poems
  21. Unit 1 poetry, linking poems by theme and technique
  22. Unit 1 prose, first set novel
  23. Unit 1 prose, narrative voice in the second text
  24. Unit 2 drama, plays in performance and context
  25. Unit 2 poetry, the set poets and their forms
  26. Unit 2 prose, set texts and critical readings
  27. Paper 01 unseen extract technique
  28. Ten-minute essay plans for Paper 02
  29. Analysing language, form and structure in quotations
  30. Critical approaches for Unit 2 essays
  31. Caribbean literary and historical context for your texts
  32. Fixing your weakest genre
  33. Rebalancing study time across your CAPE subjects
  34. Seeing your set play performed
  35. Internal assessment, choosing your text and focus
  36. Internal assessment, research, drafting and feedback
  37. Internal assessment, final copy and submission
  38. Registration and timetable check for your sitting
  39. School mock exam in Literatures
  40. Final six-week revision timetable
  41. Last full timed past paper
  42. Exam day plan for Literatures papers
  43. Unit 1 results review and Unit 2 plan
  44. Parent support for a literature student at home
  45. Studying Literatures as a private candidate
  46. Unit 1 scheme of work for a Literatures class
  47. Marking and moderating essays with the CXC criteria
  48. Cross-genre comparative essays
  49. Wider Caribbean reading beyond the set list
  50. Reading towards literature at university

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Syllabus, set texts and paper format check

Set texts for CAPE Literatures in English change on a cycle, so a list inherited from an older cousin can leave you annotating the wrong novel for weeks. Checking the current syllabus and set-text list on the CXC website before you read a page means every hour after this goes on the right books, and you know how each paper and the internal assessment are set for your sitting.

First tasks

  • Download the current CAPE Literatures in English syllabus from the CXC website
  • Copy the set texts for your unit and sitting year into your notebook
  • Write how Paper 01, Paper 02 and the internal assessment are set
  • Confirm the text choices with your teacher in the next lesson

Annotated personal copies of every set text

Annotation is how literature students think on paper, and you cannot underline a library copy or a book you have to hand back to a sibling. Owning every set text in the edition the class uses means page references match in lessons and your margins quietly become your revision notes.

First tasks

  • Ask last year's Upper Six students for second-hand set texts
  • Check each copy's edition against the class list
  • Choose a three-colour annotation key and write it inside each cover
  • Annotate the first act or chapter of each text

Two-year reading plan for Units 1 and 2

Most schools teach Unit 1 in Lower Six and Unit 2 in Upper Six, and each unit carries its own drama, poetry and prose, which is a heavy reading load next to two or three other CAPE subjects. Laying both years out on one plan, with the internal assessment and mocks marked, shows you where the crowded terms are before they arrive.

First tasks

  • Ask your teacher for the order the set texts will be taught
  • Draw a two-year grid with one column per term
  • Schedule each first read a few weeks ahead of class teaching
  • Add the internal assessment stages and mock exam dates
  • Pin the plan where you study and send a photo home

Make it yours.

Install CAPE Literatures in English, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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